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Does Schrödinger's Cat Live?

Every student of physics knows that Schrödinger's 1935 paper regarding a hypothetical paradox involving a cat has perplexed and annoyed physics geeks for years. Perplex and annoy yourself and your friends with this geeky physics t-shirt!

Twisted up in Schrödinger's uncertainty thought experiment,
this historical kitty has been put through a quantum ringer that
nobody should have to experience. After all it's tough work being
both alive and dead simultaneously.

Every student of physics knows that Schrödinger's 1935
paper regarding a hypothetical paradox involving a cat has
perplexed and annoyed physics geeks for years. The basic idea; If
the outcome of a circumstance is presently unknown and by observing
the circumstance you will disrupt it, then it exists in all
possible states simultaneously... Simple! At least to quantum
physicists with massive craniums. And hey eventually this principle
will seem commonplace, but by then our highways will connect
galaxies and shirts like this will be so utterly obvious that
they'll likely be dish rags.

Tell your friend to take the money and lock himself in a room
with a cigarette lighter.

Let your friend know that once in the room he is to randomly
choose either to burn the money, or return in five minutes with the
money intact. We emphasize that this must be completely random
(aka, impossible for a human to determine but bear with us).

Your friend must then stay in this box for eternity. Hey,
that's how thought experiments work. Hopefully he/she is OK with
that.

Since you have no idea whether your friend will destroy the
money, you will simultaneously either lose or recover that money.
So in a quantum sense, if you extend that logic, you will
simultaneously either be able to purchase or not purchase this very
t-shirt which enabled you to make the choice in the first place.
Isn't physics fun? Perhaps when it was based on Newton, but now
things are getting really hairy. Just wait another 100 years, we
haven't seen anything yet....

100% cotton heavyweight t-shirt in black with
"Schrödinger's Cat is Dead" on the front and
"Schrödinger's Cat is Not Dead" on the back.

Note: Don't want to have to explain this shirt to strangers? Fear no more! We now have free Schrödinger's Cat Pocket Cards to go with your shirt. They're perfect to print out and keep in your wallet so you can hand them out and make your escape while said strangers are busy reading.

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